IFIUS (International Federation for Interuniversity Sport) was a democratic non-profit organisation whose main objective was to organise the yearly

World Interuniversity Games The World Interuniversity Games is an international sports event, which was organised by IFIUS (International Federation for Interuniversity Sport) each year in October. It is currently organised by Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities, after I ...

, in which teams of students from different universities and colleges worldwide competed in different sport competitions. In 2011, IFIUS was disbanded and integrated into

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History

Until 2003 the games were held on weekends during the year. From 2004 they were held in a one-week period in October.

Competitions

Official competitions included: *

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Men * Football Women *

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Men *

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Men * Basketball Women *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Men * Volleyball Women *

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and Pitch & putt * Individual golf * Individual pitch and putt

Objectives

The main IFIUS objectives were:
(1) Offer each student in the world the opportunity to compete on an international interuniversity sports level.
(2) Protect the rights of interuniversity sports playing students and universities.
(3) Promote international interuniversity sports in every way it deems fit.

IFIUS Games

Games council

* President: Bahram Ghadimi (

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) * Secretary General: Gabriel Anicet Kotchofa (

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas The Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas () is a public university in Moscow, Russia. The university was founded in 1930 and is named after the geologist Ivan Gubkin. The university is colloquially known as Kerosinka (), meaning 'keros ...

) * Treasurer: Javier Sanchez Milan ( CEU Cardinal Herrera University)

Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities Executive Board

* President: Peter Verboven (PCU Antwerp, Belgium) * Secretary General: Ambassador Gabriel A. Kotchofa (PCU Mghakis Moscow, Russia) * Treasurer: Javier Sanchez (PCU Valencia, Spain) * Games Council Representative: Bahram Ghadimi (PCU Teheran, I.R. Iran) * Tournament Council Representative: Daniel Muñoz (PCU Valencia, Spain) *

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Representative: Simona Callo (Secretary General Panathlon International, Italy)

External links

Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities

References

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